He tried it on the Purple Crackles that flew in the fields by the blackberry bushes; the little Gold Finches that swayed on the grasses; and the topknotted Kingbirds on the telegraph wires overhead. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
He had sudden visions of the giant kender incarcerated in the Haven jail, with most of his torso and his topknotted head and shoulders sticking up through the hole they would have to cut in the roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Soulforge]
All the farmyard life was wonderful there, -- bantams, speckled and topknotted; Friesland hens, with their feathers all turned the wrong way; Guinea fowls that flew and screamed and dropped their pretty spotted feathers; pouter pigeons and a tame magpie; nay, a goat, and a wonderful brindled dog, half mastiff, half bulldog, as large as a lion. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
Her hair was topknotted and her face was grimy. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
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